When Control Over Food Starts Controlling You  | with Kate Purcell

What happens when your mind takes control of your body?In this episode, Paris sits down with Kate Purcell, author, speaker, and lived experience advocate, to talk about living with anorexia and schizoaffective disorder, surviving psychosis in her twenties, and what thirteen-plus years of ongoing recovery has actually taught her. Kate brings both raw honesty and hard-won wisdom to a conversation that doesn't shy away from how hard recovery really is, or how possible it still is.Together they get into what eating disorders are actually about (it's not food), and the power of separating your identity from the illness.What you'll hear in this episode:Why eating disorders were never really about foodHow separating your identity from your illness can change everythingWhat psychosis felt like from the inside, and why Kate still finds it hard to put into wordsWhy humour became one of Kate's most important recovery toolsWhat it means to be "on the journey" with someone rather than fixed and finishedKate's books and the self-help tools she's built for others navigating recoveryIf you've ever felt like an illness was driving and you were just along for the ride, this one's for you.About Kate PurcellKate Purcell is a Perth-based author, speaker, and lived experience advocate who has spent over a decade working in mental health services. She is the author of two books exploring her own recovery journey and offering practical tools for others navigating eating disorders and severe mental illness. Kate now works as a private peer support practitioner and recovery coach.Website: www.katepurcell.comEmail: [email protected] you to our Season 4 sponsors:⁠⁠⁠⁠Coach Carly⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Life & mindset coaching | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Elevate Beyond Co.⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Disability support services | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Your Recovery⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Addiction recovery supportThank you to our Production Team: Video/Audio Editing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Nevverland Studio⁠⁠⁠⁠ | VA - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Lyn Ebon⁠⁠⁠⁠Australia Wide Directory of Services: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.myservices.org.au/⁠⁠⁠⁠Western Australian AOD Services: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wanada.org.au/greenbook/⁠⁠⁠⁠National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline: 1800 250 015Lifeline: 13 11 14 | Suicide Call Back: 1300 659 467 | Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 | Mind Spot: 1800 61 44 34 | Head to Health: 1800 595 212 | Mens Line: 1300 78 99 78 | 13YARN: 13 92 76 | Thirrili: 1800 805 801 |QLife: 1800 184 527 | Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 | Headspace: 1800 650 890Follow The Podcast:⁠⁠⁠⁠www.shtsfcked.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Donate Here |⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠